SpaceX, the company of American billionaire Elon Musk, is aiming for the fifth test flight of its super rocket ‘Starship’ in August. Musk announced this this weekend via X (formerly Twitter).
“Flight five in four weeks,” Musk posted on X on Saturday (see post below). If all goes according to plan, we won’t have to wait much longer for the largest rocket system ever built in space history to get off the ground again.
The largest rocket system ever built in space history completed its fourth test flight on June 6 – the first successful one after three failed attempts. The ‘Starship’ took off from the spaceport in the US state of Texas and landed in the sea after just over an hour.
Must enable flights to the Moon and Mars
The ‘Starship’ – consisting of a 70-meter-long ‘Super Heavy’ booster and a 50-meter-long upper stage (also called ‘Starship’) – is intended to enable manned missions to the Moon and Mars. The system is designed so that both the spacecraft and the rocket can be reused after returning to Earth.
The 122-meter-long system will be able to transport more than 100 tons of cargo in the future. With the ‘Starship’, NASA wants to bring astronauts to the Earth’s satellite again.
Source: Krone
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